German Sweet Chocolate Snack Cake/Frosting

Name: German Sweet Chocolate Snack Cake/Frosting
Total time: P1H
Yield: 12
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: milk chocolate; margarine; sugar; eggs; vanilla extract; flour; baking soda; salt; buttermilk; evaporated milk; sugar; margarine; egg yolks; vanilla extract; coconut; pecans

Submitted by Nick_Dianne

YIELD

12 servings

PREP

30 min

COOK

50 min

READY

1 hrs

Ingredients

Cake

OUNCES MILK CHOCOLATE
sweet, prefer german

CUP MARGARINE
or butter

1 ½

CUPS SUGAR

LARGE EGGS

TEASPOON VANILLA EXTRACT

CUPS ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR

TEASPOON BAKING SODA

TEASPOON SALT

CUP BUTTERMILK

Frosting

CUP EVAPORATED MILK

CUP SUGAR

TABLESPOONS MARGARINE
or butter

EACH EGG YOLKS *

TEASPOON VANILLA EXTRACT

CUP COCONUT
flaked *

CUP PECANS
chopped

Directions

CAKE: Heat oven to 350 MICROWAVE: chocolate and margarine in large microwavable bowl on HIGH for 2 minutes or until margarine is melted. Stir until chocolate is COMPLETELY melted. Add sugar into chocolate mixture and stir until WELL blended. Beat in eggs, one at a time, with electric mixer until completely mixed. Add vanilla. Beat in ½ cup of the flour, the baking soda and salt. Beat in the remaining 1½ cups flour alternately with the buttermilk until smooth. Pour into greased 13 x 9 inch pan.

Bake for 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack. Frost with Easy Coconut Pecan Frosting.

FROSTING: Combine milk, sugar, margarine, egg yolks and vanilla in saucepan. Cook over medium heat until mixture thickens, about 6 mins., stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in coconut and pecans. Cool until thick enough to spread, stirring occasionally. Spread on cooled snack cake.